Hello:)
you discuss here nicely about many important questions - so once again I would like everyone who reads this plot - what is current state of biodiveristy? Is it increasing or decreasing and what proves can you give (what articles etc).
Another question of mine is what you know and what do you think about phytosociology. Does phytosociology have any future or not?
Which direction should phytosociology take to be readable, communicative, easy to understand.
What do you know and think about US phytosociology and European system. Which is better?
Express your ideas freely.
Thanks.
From all sources, that is from all media, from working scientists, and from personal observations, it appears that biodiversity is in catastrophic decline. As the human population explodes in numbers, exploits all natural resources, and paves over natural habitats, there is the greatest dying of species in progress that the planet has ever witnessed. Greater than the K-T extinction that ended the reign of the dinosaurs, by far.
You make me laugh… … the naturall environment of these creatures is indeed getting smaller… but biodiversity isn’t in such a terrible shape. There are many species on the “extinction list” those are thousands out of billions.
I think right now we should be allarmed.
The only thing i condemn is the hunting and killing of whales/dolphins which are intelligent creatures and we don’t yet know enough to consider them food.
Intelligence is measured in the “animal kingdom” by comparing brain size to body size; and in that regard dolphins might me almost as intelligent as humans.
However they might not have evolved enough because their environment isn’t very challengeing; they do not have opposing fingers thus they cannot grab objects and they don’t have the need to build shelters.
They do however have a very complex society and apparently complex language.
Some chimps raised in captivity have studied sign language and know up to 800~900 words and communicate among themselves and with humans everyday in logical sentances (maybe not entirely gramatically correct but nevertheless they get their whole message across).
… the naturall environment of these creatures is indeed getting smaller… but biodiversity isn’t in such a terrible shape. There are many species on the “extinction list” those are thousands out of billions.